Rafael Soriano is battling elbow soreness, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.He experienced the soreness after pitching Saturday and Sunday against the Mets, and thatis why he sat in favor of Manny Acosta on Monday. Manager Cox said he is not taking anychances, and decided to go with Acosta in the closer's role. Soriano notably suffered fromelbow soreness during training camp, and we will continue to monitor him.

sansav wrote:Bobby Cox has anounced that Manny Acosta is the closer while Soriano is on the shelf - read it in the AJC today

this AJC guy must also write for yahoo, who seemed to guarantee that it'd be acosta despite the situation being very murky, causing a mad rush to the wire for acosta by owners who are prob not very happy today. first save opp: moylan. he's likely the man until soriano is back.